Pocso Court

The Delhi High Court has granted bail to a 20-year-old man in a rape and POCSO case arising out of "juvenile romance" while noting that the girl herself offered to stand as "surety" for him for his release.

A court in Odisha's Kalahandi district has sentenced a former head master of a state-run residential school to 10-year rigorous imprisonment, after convicting him of rape of a minor girl student.

The high court noted that the victim was a special child with mental disability of 50 per cent

A Special Protection Of Children from Sexual Offenses Act (POCSO) court on Thursday sentenced a man to 20 years imprisonment for sexually assaulting a minor girl in Manchal.

Kerala High Court has held that marriage between Muslims under personal law is not excluded from the sweep of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

A POCSO court on Tuesday convicted a 21-year-old man of raping a three-year-old girl in Bundi district last year and sentenced him to 20 years of imprisonment.

The Karnataka High Court has directed the Law Commission of India to reconsider the age of consent in the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

The non-reporting of sexual assault against a minor despite knowledge is a "serious crime" and an attempt to shield the offenders, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday.

In two separate cases, the Karnataka High Court (HC) has held that the POCSO Act and IPC override Muslim personal law regarding age of marriage.

It should not be assumed that a survivor of sexual assault at home would not be performing well in exams or behave normally otherwise, a court has said while convicting a man for raping his minor daughter for several years.

A local court in Kerala on Friday sentenced a 41-year-old man to 142 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) for raping a minor girl for a period of two years.

A POCSO court sentenced eight people to life imprisonment on Monday for raping and pushing a teenage girl into prostitution.

A special POCSO court in Uttar Pradesh's Muzzafarnagaron Tuesday sentenced a 25-year-old man to 20 years in jail for raping a nine-year-old girl.

A Kerala fast track court on Wednesday sentenced a 24-year-old man to a cumulative 62 years of imprisonment for raping and impregnating a girl in Idukki district of the state.

The High Court said the prosecution can "hardly prove the guilt against the petitioner," under the circumstances.

The Delhi High Court has granted bail to a 20-year-old man in a rape and POCSO case arising out of "juvenile romance" while noting that the girl herself offered to stand as "surety" for him for his release.

A court in Odisha's Kalahandi district has sentenced a former head master of a state-run residential school to 10-year rigorous imprisonment, after convicting him of rape of a minor girl student.

The high court noted that the victim was a special child with mental disability of 50 per cent

A Special Protection Of Children from Sexual Offenses Act (POCSO) court on Thursday sentenced a man to 20 years imprisonment for sexually assaulting a minor girl in Manchal.

Kerala High Court has held that marriage between Muslims under personal law is not excluded from the sweep of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

A POCSO court on Tuesday convicted a 21-year-old man of raping a three-year-old girl in Bundi district last year and sentenced him to 20 years of imprisonment.

The Karnataka High Court has directed the Law Commission of India to reconsider the age of consent in the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

The non-reporting of sexual assault against a minor despite knowledge is a "serious crime" and an attempt to shield the offenders, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday.

In two separate cases, the Karnataka High Court (HC) has held that the POCSO Act and IPC override Muslim personal law regarding age of marriage.

It should not be assumed that a survivor of sexual assault at home would not be performing well in exams or behave normally otherwise, a court has said while convicting a man for raping his minor daughter for several years.

A local court in Kerala on Friday sentenced a 41-year-old man to 142 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) for raping a minor girl for a period of two years.

A POCSO court sentenced eight people to life imprisonment on Monday for raping and pushing a teenage girl into prostitution.

A special POCSO court in Uttar Pradesh's Muzzafarnagaron Tuesday sentenced a 25-year-old man to 20 years in jail for raping a nine-year-old girl.

A Kerala fast track court on Wednesday sentenced a 24-year-old man to a cumulative 62 years of imprisonment for raping and impregnating a girl in Idukki district of the state.

The High Court said the prosecution can "hardly prove the guilt against the petitioner," under the circumstances.